Martin Cooper, inventor of the world's first portable, wireless, cellular telephone
Martin Cooper, inventor of the world's first portable, wireless, cellular telephone


Martin Cooper, inventor of the first cell phone

Martin Cooper, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, was born December 26, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. After WWII, he left the navy and began working at Teletype Corporation. In 1950, he received a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology